Two men arrested, more than $1 million worth of 'Ice' seized - SCC Asian Crime Squad
Wednesday, 15 January 2014 11:51:04 AM
Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Asian Crime Squad have arrested two men and seized more than $1 million worth of methylamphetamine following an operation in Sydney’s south-east.
Last year, detectives from the Asian Crime Squad commenced an investigation into a group allegedly involved in the supply of methylamphetamine (‘Ice’).
Shortly after 3.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 14 January 2014), detectives, with the assistance of specialist officers from the Tactical Operations Unit, arrested two men at a hotel on O’Riordan Street in Mascot.
Detectives will allege the men were in possession of more than one kilogram of ‘Ice’ and were at the hotel with the intention of selling the drugs.
The men – a 25-year-old and a 22-year-old, both from Rhodes – were taken to Mascot Police Station where they were each charged with supplying a large commercial amount of prohibited drugs.
A number of items of interest – including more than 400 grams of ‘Ice’, mobile phones, and drug paraphernalia – were seized by police during a search warrant executed at the men’s unit in Rhodes.
Police estimate that the street value of the drugs seized (approximately 1.4 kilograms in total) is $1.4 million.
The two men have been refused bail and are scheduled to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court today (Wednesday 15 January 2014).
